£1000 gaming rig. Need help

[jordie240991]

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: 1st August 2012-1st September 2012

Budget Range:£800-£1200 but willing to raise budget if needed.

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Regular gaming in max settings

Are you buying a monitor: Will be buying 2 22" monitors in the future

Do you need to buy OS: Yes. Win 7

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Aria, scan and ebuyer

Location: United Kingdom

Overclocking: Yes CPU and maybe small GPU tweaks

SLI or Crossfire: In the future

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 for now but will be 2 monitors in the future

Additional Comments: Would like a clean looking case with a nice sized side window. Good quality parts are a must from well known retailers.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Currently using a laptop.




This is what i have at the moment

Case: Corsiar 650D black £138.78
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-obsidian-series-650d-all-black-mid-tower-case-with-sata-dock-and-side-window-w-o-psu

Cooler: Corsiar H100 Water cooler £82.92
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-h100-hydro-series-extreme-performance-cpu-cooler-s775-1155-1156-1366-2011-am2-am3

GPU: 2GB EVGA GTX 670 £283.97
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-evga-gtx-670-28nm-pcie-30-(x16)-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-915mhz-boost-980mhz-cores-1344-2x-dl-dvi-dp-hd

RAM: 8GB Corsair RAM £39.79
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-ddr3-xms3-pc3-12800-(1600)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-15v

CPU: Intel i5 3570k £167.94
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-3570k1155-ivy-bridge-quad-core-34ghz-5-gt-s-dmi-650mhz-gpu-6mb-smart-cache-34x-ratio-7


PSU: 850w Corsair PSU £119.82
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/850w-corsair-hx-cmpsu-850hxuk-modular-90-eff-80-plus-silver-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-fan-atx-v291-psu

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-z77 mobo £125.72
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-ga-z77x-ud3h-intel-z77-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-d-sub-displayport-dvi-hdmi-atx

HDD: 1TB Seagate HDD £64.43
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-seagate-st1000dm003-barracuda-720014-sata-6gb-s-7200rpm-64mb-cache-8ms-ncq-oem

SSD: 120GB Corsair SSD £79.34
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-corsair-force-series-3-25-ssd-sata-iii-6gb-s-sandforce-read-550mb-s-write-510mb-s-85000-iops-p

OS: win 7 premium £77.64
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/microsoft-windows-7-home-premium-64-bit-sp1-operating-system-single-oem

CD drive: Samsung CD-Rom/DVD-ROM £11.75
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/samsung-sh-d163c-black-48x-cd-rom-16x-dvd-rom-sata-oem

Total cost: £1202.29

Any possible tweaks to this build will be great.

 

[JefferyD90]

Case: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7108921&sku=T925-1336 59.99
PSU: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=899124&sku=T925-6000 59.99
Motherboard: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=670049&sku=A455-3058 149.99
CPU: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1239961&sku=A79-6100 134.99
RAM: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1818722&sku=A79-1007 58.99
SSD: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1083887&sku=P33-8501 129.99
HD: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7288051&sku=TSD-1000EALX 89.99
VideoCard: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2297671&sku=YYAP-122304 293.99
Keyboard and Mouse: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6572352&sku=L23-8134 39.99
Speakers: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3832359&sku=L23-8622 24.99
Monitor: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=735812&sku=A179-2360 129.99

Total: $1,172.89

First off you are overpaying for this video card, but I wanted to get a brand that matched the motherboard as I would not recommed it otherwise, but I would get a Saphire for $40 less...

But I feel like this setup gives you plenty of value, upgradeability, and performance.

 

[jordie240991]

Case: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7108921&sku=T925-1336 59.99
PSU: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=899124&sku=T925-6000 59.99
Motherboard: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=670049&sku=A455-3058 149.99
CPU: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1239961&sku=A79-6100 134.99
RAM: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1818722&sku=A79-1007 58.99
SSD: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1083887&sku=P33-8501 129.99
HD: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7288051&sku=TSD-1000EALX 89.99
VideoCard: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2297671&sku=YYAP-122304 293.99
Keyboard and Mouse: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6572352&sku=L23-8134 39.99
Speakers: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3832359&sku=L23-8622 24.99
Monitor: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=735812&sku=A179-2360 129.99

Total: $1,172.89

First off you are overpaying for this video card, but I wanted to get a brand that matched the motherboard as I would not recommed it otherwise, but I would get a Saphire for $40 less...

But I feel like this setup gives you plenty of value, upgradeability, and performance.

Thanks for the reply but i am in the UK =]

 

[JefferyD90]

Well you can find the parts by doing a bing search or something... I mean it dont matter where you get them from... and its going to be about 950 euro...

 

[bigcyco1]

Your build looks good to me why change it although i personally would change two things lol PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£153.32 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case (£115.00 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £268.32
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)

 

[skaggy]

yup your original build beats the amd version jeffrey is trying to offload
(as an example a pcie3 graphics card and a motherboard that wont run it, u need ivy bridge to take advantage, like plugging a usb 3.0 stick into a 1.1 port)

you may wish to check out the radeon 7900 series instead of the gtx for pure gaming probably better value (dont quote me but worth googling)

wowser vat is a killler so glad i moved to australia

 

[jordie240991]

What are the main differences between the UD3 and the UD5 mobo? is it worth upgrading?

 

[luis94uk]

seems good , mayby some more HDD space would be suitable as 1tb can only take you so far these days

 

[jordie240991]

HDD's are easy to upgrade so storage isn't a priority at the moment. As i asked before, what are the differences between the UD3 and UD5 gigabyte motherboards? and is it worth upgrading?